乔布斯传 第146期:蜜月

 The Honeymoon¹

蜜月

Sculley arrived in California just in time for the May 1983 Apple management retreat at Pajaro Dunes².

斯卡利到达加利福尼亚的时候，正好赶上了1983年5月苹果公司管理人员在帕加罗沙丘的度假。

Even though he had left all but one of his dark suits back in Greenwich,

尽管他只带了一套深色西服，其余的都丢在了格林尼治的家中，

he was still having trouble adjusting to the casual atmosphere.

但仍然很难适应苹果公司轻松的氛围。

In the front of the meeting room, Jobs sat on the floor in the lotus position absentmindedly playing with the toes of his bare feet.

在会议室前面，乔布斯正坐在地板上，盘着腿、打着赤脚、心不在焉地玩着自己的脚趾。

Sculley tried to impose an agenda; he wanted to discuss how to differentiate³ their products

斯卡利试着提出一个方案；他们将讨论如何区分他们的产品

the Apple II, Apple III, Lisa, and Mac—and whether it made sense to organize the company around product lines or markets or functions.

Apple II、AppleIII、丽萨和Mac，以及是否应该围绕产品线、市场或者职能来组织公司。

But the discussion descended⁴ into a free-for-all of random⁵ ideas, complaints, and debates.

结果，这次讨论慢慢变成了自由交换观点、提出抱怨和进行争辩的一次活动。

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At one point Jobs attacked the Lisa team for producing an unsuccessful product.

乔布斯一度攻击丽萨项目组，说他们制造了一个失败的产品。

"Well," someone shot back, "you haven't delivered the Macintosh!

“是啊，”有人回击说，“你们的麦金塔还没有发布呢！

Why don't you wait until you get a product out before you start being critical?"

你为什么不等到自己的产品问世以后再来批评别人？”

Sculley was astonished. At Pepsi no one would have challenged the chairman like that.

斯卡利吓了一跳。在百事公司，没有人会这样反驳董事会主席。

"Yet here, everyone began pig-piling on Steve."

“接着，众人开始责怪起史蒂夫来。”

It reminded him of an old joke he had heard from one of the Apple ad salesmen:

这让斯卡利想起以前从一位苹果公司广告业务员那里听来的笑话：

"What's the difference between Apple and the Boy Scouts⁶? The Boy Scouts have adult supervision⁷."

“苹果和童子军有什么不同？答案是，童子军有大人管着。”

In the midst of the bickering⁸, a small earthquake began to rumble⁹ the room.

就在大家争吵的时候，发生了一次小地震，房屋开始发出隆隆声。

"Head for the beach," someone shouted. Everyone ran through the door to the water.

“快到海滩去。”有人喊道。于是所有人都冲出门向海边跑去。

Then someone else shouted that the previous earthquake had produced a tidal wave, so they all turned and ran the other way.

然后又有人喊道，上一次地震引发了海嘯。于是大家又转过身往回跑。

"The indecision, the contradictory¹⁰ advice, the specter of natural disaster, only foreshadowed what was to come," Sculley later wrote.

“优柔寡断、意见冲突、自然灾害，这些都预示着接下来会发生什么。”斯卡利后来说。

One Saturday morning Jobs invited Sculley and his wife, Leezy, over for breakfast.

一个周六的早晨，乔布斯邀请斯卡利和他的妻子利兹来家中共进早餐。

He was then living in a nice but unexceptional Tudor-style home in Los Gatos with his girlfriend, Barbara Jasinski,

他当时和女友芭芭拉·亚辛斯基住在洛斯加托斯一栋漂亮而普通的、都铎建筑凤格的房子里,

a smart and reserved beauty who worked for Regis McKenna.

亚辛斯基是里吉斯·麦肯纳的员工，是个聪慧、矜持的美丽女子。

Leezy had brought a pan and made vegetarian¹¹ omelets. (Jobs had edged away from his strict vegan diet for the time being.)

利兹带了一个平底锅来，做了素食煎蛋卷（乔布斯当时已经慢慢脱离了严格的素食主义）。

"I'm sorry I don't have much furniture," Jobs apologized. "I just haven't gotten around to it."

“很抱歉，房子里的家具不多，”乔布斯道歉说，“我还没抽出时间来买家具。”

It was one of his enduring quirks¹²:

他一直以来就有这样一个癖好：

His exacting¹³ standards of craftsmanship¹⁴ combined with a Spartan¹⁵ streak¹⁶ made him reluctant to buy any furnishings that he wasn't passionate¹⁷ about.

他对工艺有着严格的标准，而且崇尚斯巴达式的简朴，这让他不愿意购买任何他不喜爱的家具。

He had a Tiffany lamp, an antique dining table, and a laser disc video attached to a Sony Trinitron,

他有一盏蒂芙尼的台灯、一张年代久远的餐桌和一台连接着索尼特丽珑电视的激光影碟机，

but foam¹⁸ cushions on the floor rather than sofas and chairs.

但是房内没有沙发和掎子，取而代之的是泡沫塑料制成的垫子。

Sculley smiled and mistakenly thought that

斯卡利微微一笑，错误地认为

it was similar to his own "frantic¹⁹ and Spartan life in a cluttered²⁰ New York City apartment" early in his own career.

那跟他职业生涯早期“在凌乱的纽约城公寓里疯狂的、斯巴达式的生活”相似。

1 honeymoon   

n.蜜月（假期）；vi.度蜜月

参考例句：

• While on honeymoon in Bali,she learned to scuba dive.她在巴厘岛度蜜月时学会了带水肺潜水。
• The happy pair are leaving for their honeymoon.这幸福的一对就要去度蜜月了。

2 dunes   

沙丘( dune的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The boy galloped over the dunes barefoot. 那男孩光着脚在沙丘间飞跑。
• Dragging the fully laden boat across the sand dunes was no mean feat. 将满载货物的船拖过沙丘是一件了不起的事。

3 differentiate   

vi.(between)区分；vt.区别；使不同

参考例句：

• You can differentiate between the houses by the shape of their chimneys.你可以凭借烟囱形状的不同来区分这两幢房子。
• He never learned to differentiate between good and evil.他从未学会分辨善恶。

4 descended   

a.为...后裔的，出身于...的

参考例句：

• A mood of melancholy descended on us. 一种悲伤的情绪袭上我们的心头。
• The path descended the hill in a series of zigzags. 小路呈连续的之字形顺着山坡蜿蜒而下。

5 random   

adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动

参考例句：

• The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。

6 scouts   

侦察员[机，舰]( scout的名词复数 )； 童子军； 搜索； 童子军成员

参考例句：

• to join the Scouts 参加童子军
• The scouts paired off and began to patrol the area. 巡逻人员两个一组，然后开始巡逻这个地区。

7 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

8 bickering   

v.争吵( bicker的现在分词 )；口角；（水等）作潺潺声；闪烁

参考例句：

• The children are always bickering about something or other. 孩子们有事没事总是在争吵。
• The two children were always bickering with each other over small matters. 这两个孩子总是为些小事斗嘴。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

9 rumble   

n.隆隆声；吵嚷；v.隆隆响；低沉地说

参考例句：

• I hear the rumble of thunder in the distance.我听到远处雷声隆隆。
• We could tell from the rumble of the thunder that rain was coming.我们根据雷的轰隆声可断定，天要下雨了。

10 contradictory   

adj.反驳的，反对的，抗辩的；n.正反对，矛盾对立

参考例句：

• The argument is internally contradictory.论据本身自相矛盾。
• What he said was self-contradictory.他讲话前后不符。

11 vegetarian   

n.素食者；adj.素食的

参考例句：

• She got used gradually to the vegetarian diet.她逐渐习惯吃素食。
• I didn't realize you were a vegetarian.我不知道你是个素食者。

12 quirks   

n.奇事，巧合( quirk的名词复数 )；怪癖

参考例句：

• One of his quirks is that he refuses to travel by train. 他的怪癖之一是不愿乘火车旅行。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• All men have their own quirks and twists. 人人都有他们自己的怪癖和奇想。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

13 exacting   

adj.苛求的，要求严格的

参考例句：

• He must remember the letters and symbols with exacting precision.他必须以严格的精度记住每个字母和符号。
• The public has been more exacting in its demands as time has passed.随着时间的推移，公众的要求更趋严格。

14 craftsmanship   

n.手艺

参考例句：

• The whole house is a monument to her craftsmanship. 那整座房子是她技艺的一座丰碑。
• We admired the superb craftsmanship of the furniture. 我们很欣赏这个家具的一流工艺。

15 spartan   

adj.简朴的，刻苦的；n.斯巴达；斯巴达式的人

参考例句：

• Their spartan lifestyle prohibits a fridge or a phone.他们不使用冰箱和电话，过着简朴的生活。
• The rooms were spartan and undecorated.房间没有装饰，极为简陋。

16 streak   

n.条理，斑纹，倾向，少许，痕迹；v.加条纹，变成条纹，奔驰，快速移动

参考例句：

• The Indians used to streak their faces with paint.印第安人过去常用颜料在脸上涂条纹。
• Why did you streak the tree?你为什么在树上刻条纹？

17 passionate   

adj.热情的，热烈的，激昂的，易动情的，易怒的，性情暴躁的

参考例句：

• He is said to be the most passionate man.据说他是最有激情的人。
• He is very passionate about the project.他对那个项目非常热心。

18 foam   

v./n.泡沫，起泡沫

参考例句：

• The glass of beer was mostly foam.这杯啤酒大部分是泡沫。
• The surface of the water is full of foam.水面都是泡沫。

19 frantic   

adj.狂乱的，错乱的，激昂的

参考例句：

• I've had a frantic rush to get my work done.我急急忙忙地赶完工作。
• He made frantic dash for the departing train.他发疯似地冲向正开出的火车。

20 cluttered   

v.杂物，零乱的东西零乱vt.( clutter的过去式和过去分词 )；乱糟糟地堆满，把…弄得很乱；（以…） 塞满…

参考例句：

• The room is cluttered up with all kinds of things. 零七八碎的东西放满了一屋子。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• The desk is cluttered with books and papers. 桌上乱糟糟地堆满了书报。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》